removing the 3.5mm jack has to be one of the most retarded decisions ever.
I hope the Galaxy S line keeps the 3.5mm jack. Are there any other quality Android flagships which still have it?
I can guarantee some responses to this would just be "lol just use bluetooth headphones", which I'm sure I don't need to tell you how much worse those can be.
Yes, I too would like to have headphones that can have worse audio quality, flaky connections, and have to be charged every day.
to be fair though, as much as I want a 3.5mm jack bluetooth has gotten a lot better.
I work out using bluetooth headphones, and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. There's no worry about a cable being in the way and the connection quality/audio quality is way better than it used to be, good enough for any daily tasks with bluetooth ear buds.
LG does, still with some of the best audio quality. Shame the new G7 isnt worth it (imo) for just its audio quality.
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Lmao a secondary battery and also you can lose it
and also I think I'll stick to my extremely good quality 70$ studio monitors
tbh Bluetooth has gotten a lot better over the years, and it feel pretty great without a cable being in the way. I personally don't use my headphones that long for them to run out of battery anyway, so I haven't yet encountered a moment where my headphone run out of charge when I want to use it.
I would gladly trade my phone's 'high quality' speaker deck for a 3.5mm jack and call quality speakers. I still have yet to find a good USB-C pair of earbuds, the ones I'm using sound pathetic compared to a $30 pair of 3.5 I got like 4 years ago, and cost twice as much!
There was no reason to remove the 3.5mm jack other than "being different"
Fucking idiots.
I was full '3.5mm only' until my left earbud broke for the 15th time.
I've never had a pair of wired earbuds where the left earbud doesn't break within 2 months regardless of how well I treat them, even with a pair that are supposed to be indestructible (Aurisonic Rockets). After my last earbuds broke, I decided it was enough.
Apart from my main comp which has a wired 'gamer' headset, I've got two bluetooth headsets and I've never looked back.
It's sorta like if motherboard manufacturers suddenly removed the ethernet port with absolutely no reason other than "it's ~old~ lol", with the excuse being "just use the included WLAN USB dongle you nerds xD"
Oneplus still has a jack on their phones though the 6t is doing away with it. They based it on the fact that 59% of the (measured) userbase now uses bluetooth audio. I'm still not willing to make the jump to usb-C or bluetooth though. I like my ath m40x
I mean not trying to defend Apple at all but lol what, have you actually tried any Bluetooth headphones released in the last 3 years
With my pair of £20~ Bluedio T2 headphones the only problem I've ever had with them is that the plastic frame is a little flimsy. The audio quality is fine no matter what I'm listening to. I Iery rarely get connection hiccups. Despite listening to music every day and I usually only end up having to charge them once a week.
Frankly I would never go back to having to cable headphones. I hate untangling cables and being able to effortlessly multitask listening with other physical activity makes Bluetooth so much more convenient and comfortable
The main issues is that the removal of the 3.5mm port is exactly that, they removed an additional port.
The problem in the video seems a bit minor to me, my main issue is that you can not charge and listen to music.
Of course they won't add a second USB-C port to make up for that.
2 in 1 adapters have the similar issue as the video shows, some support charge and audio, some just one at a time even with a dongle.
Personally I dislike any wireless headphones as they are just a pain to charge all the time.
I got a pair of bluetooth earbuds earlier this year to work out with. While they sound alright, they still don't sound nearly as good as a $10 pair of very cheap wired earbuds I picked up from Walmart (despite costing $50), almost sounding more muffled. The also have a habit of losing signal if any amount of my body is in between it and my phone. And I'm talking about just like putting my phone in my front pocket.
I know, I know, there are better options out there for like $100-$200, but I'm not gonna spend that much on just some earbuds.
That sounds like your earbuds or your phone is broken, because I've never had these problems with either of mine.
The removal of 3.5mm audio jack and the stupid, annoying, fucking piece-of-shit notch Apple added to their iphone-screen that now has to be in every phone to make it cool really drive me away from buying any flagship phones and just sticking with something that has a rectangle-shaped screen and a 3.5mm jack and has just enough power to smoothly run Spotify.
I've never really enjoyed listening to music on my phone (which I did for a few months a couple of years ago to test the "convenience factor"), mainly because I grew up with iPods always being just like, a piece of your EDC. You have an iPod for music, and you wouldn't ever not have one for music. Your phone is freed up for whatever else you want to do with it. Once streaming services and bigger-capacity phones came around, I found it more convenient just to keep my iPod than pay money and upgrade for things that already do what I do, just worse/less cost effectively.I never bought much music on the iTunes store, but when newer artists were on there I'd buy it to support them. These days I try to find the record of their new albums if I can, then download on PirateBay for the digital files.
Me here still with a 160gb iPod Classic and Marshall Major headphones. I've got tons of (converted to ALAC cause fuck iTunes) FLAC files on a huge music box and headphones that even after 4 years of being at max volume near constantly haven't blown out yet. No need for Bluetooth or USB-C, my shit is tried and true. I admit you can't stumble upon new music, which is why I use Spotify free at work to shuffle around. When I find new music on there I just write it down and dl it later
What other phones removed the jack? I refuse to buy shitty headphones that are gonna fall out of my ears and get lost while I'm walking around and want something I can used wired headphones with.
Hey, my bluetooth earphones have great audio quality, work flawlessly at anything up to 10 meters range and give me 8 hours of use before they need charging.
Yes, I too would like to have my understanding of bluetooth be from the year 2001
Personally the notch really doesn't bother me at all. And it's not even really a notch, rather the opposite. They didn't take any screen away, they added screen where there was free real estate in the bezel. With the hardware that's there at the top of the phone it's either a) have a smaller screen period or b) have a cutout where that stuff is.
I can sympathize how it's a tough change to get used to, both in presentation to the user and for developers, but that's how all significant changes go. In full screen apps that crop out the notched area it's literally no different than not having a notch at all. It also makes a great little "handle" for the notification/control centers, and it's a good home for your battery/signal/time indicators to stay out of the way of whatever app you're presently running.
I just don't trust blutooth to be secure so I always have it off and would rather use wired headphones.
I just hate wires now, so if I can live without them, I will happily do so. Bluetooth isn't lacking security and as long as the rest of your environment is "secure", risk is minimal.
Connection quality and audio quality comes down to what you purchase.
You don't need to spend 100$, or even 50$ on excellent bluetooth headphones for walking around.
I know, no joke, 10 people who have these headphones. They work, they sound great, and you won't lose them.
https://www.amazon.ca/headphones-Anker-Lightweight-Headphones-Connection/dp/B01N6DC2ZE
Ya, no. I don't trust wireless technologies, hell I can't even trust literal hardware with the recent Spectre/Meltdown bullshit.
I guess but the risk to you is small to non-existant
Data/info of one person is pretty useless. It's the aggregate that counts, and that's not going anywhere
I just recently had someone get into my spotify account, of all things, to get a family share and try to sell that online to other people.
Its not just about data.
I kinda doubt they did that through bluetooth though lol
I'm not disputing security risks exist, it's just not one bluetooth headphones give me any pause over.
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